25 post-event facts about 'UFC Fight Night 28: Teixeira vs. Bader'

It’s over. The UFC’s record run of 35 fights in seven days came to a conclusion on Wednesday, and quite the run it was.

In all there were 15 decisions, 12 knockouts, seven submissions and one no-contest during the stretch of events that spanned three cities and two continents, and in all, each card produced in its own unique way.

What made Wednesday’s “UFC Fight Night 28: Teixeira vs. Bader” event in Brazil special was the trend of quick knockouts to close out the evening.

It’s been more than 75 UFC events since three first-round knockouts ended a card, and despite the underwhelming action on the prelims, it ultimately comes down to how the main attractions deliver.

Now that the exhausting stretch of UFC action is over and fans can take a breather until later this month, it’s time (with the help of FightMetric) to look back at 25 post-event facts to come out of UFC Fight Night 28.

GENERAL

UFC Fight Night 28 was the first event since “UFC Fight Night 23: UFC Fight For The Troops 2″” in January 2011 – a span of 77 events – where the final three fights on the card ended in a first-round knockout.

Teixeira lands 4.62 takedowns per 15 minutes of fighting, the highest average among active light heavyweights and second highest all-time at 205 pounds (min. five UFC fights). Alessio Sakara leads the category with 4.86 takedowns per 15 minutes of fighting.

Bader has been stopped inside the distance in all four of his career defeats.

Souza is 5-0 with four first-round stoppages since losing the Strikeforce middleweight title to Luke Rockhold in September 2011. Souza’s current five-fight winning streak is his longest since 2008.

Souza recorded the 15th first-round finish of his career but just his second-ever knockout.

Okami’s loss at the 2:47 mark of Round 1 was the quickest of his eight professional defeats.

Benavidez’s knockout of Formiga moved Team Alpha Male fighters to 13-0 in the UFC since hiring Duane Ludwig as head coach in December 2012.

Benavidez tied champ Demetrious Johnson for the most flyweight wins in UFC history with four.

Benavidez became the first fighter to record three knockout victories in UFC flyweight competition. “Joe-Jitsu” has finished consecutive fights by knockout for the first time since 2006-2007.

Formiga has been knocked out in both of his UFC defeats.

Hallmann became just the second foreign fighter (Phil Davis) to submit a Brazilian at a UFC event in Brazil.

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